MSc Nuclear Science and Technology / Overview

Year of entry: 2025

Degree awarded
MSc/PG Dip/PG Cert
Duration
1 Year [Full-Time]; 2 years or 3 Years [Part-Time]
Entry requirements
The minimum academic entry requirements for a Masters programme will be a Lower Second UK honours degree, or international equivalent, in a relevant science or engineering discipline. For applicants with some years' industrial experience, a lesser qualification may be acceptable.

Full entry requirements

How to apply
Apply online

Course options

Full-time Part-time Full-time distance learning Part-time distance learning
MSc Y Y N N
PGDip Y Y N N
PGCert Y Y N N

Course description

There is a substantial continuing need for specialist engineers to service the nuclear industry for the operation and decommissioning of the existing reactors, and a growing worldwide programme of building new reactors.Against this background, The University of Manchester is offering a postgraduate programme in Nuclear Science & Technology to help supply the industry with expertise level to help fill the predicted skills gap.

For more information please visit the NTEC website .

Open days

NTEC offers an on-campus open day in March and a virtual open day in July each year, please see the NTEC website for more details.

Fees

For entry in the academic year beginning September 2025, the tuition fees are as follows:

  • MSc (full-time)
    UK students (per annum): £13,500
    International, including EU, students (per annum): £33,500
  • MSc (part-time)
    UK students (per annum): £21,078
    International, including EU, students (per annum): £21,078
  • PGDip (full-time)
    UK students (per annum): £17,512
    International, including EU, students (per annum): £17,512
  • PGDip (part-time)
    UK students (per annum): £8,756
    International, including EU, students (per annum): £8,756
  • PGCert (full-time)
    UK students (per annum): £10,494
    International, including EU, students (per annum): £10,494
  • PGCert (part-time)
    UK students (per annum): £5,247
    International, including EU, students (per annum): £5,247

Further information for EU students can be found on our dedicated EU page.

The fees quoted above will be fully inclusive for the course tuition, administration and computational costs during your studies.

All fees for entry will be subject to yearly review and incremental rises per annum are also likely over the duration of courses lasting more than a year for UK/EU students (fees are typically fixed for International students, for the course duration at the year of entry). For general fees information please visit: postgraduate fees . Always contact the department if you are unsure which fee applies to your qualification award and method of attendance.

Self-funded international applicants for this course will be required to pay a deposit of £1000 towards their tuition fees before a confirmation of acceptance for studies (CAS) is issued. This deposit will only be refunded if immigration permission is refused. We will notify you about how and when to make this payment.

Policy on additional costs

All students should normally be able to complete their programme of study without incurring additional study costs over and above the tuition fee for that programme. Any unavoidable additional compulsory costs totalling more than 1% of the annual home undergraduate fee per annum, regardless of whether the programme in question is undergraduate or postgraduate taught, will be made clear to you at the point of application. Further information can be found in the University's Policy on additional costs incurred by students on undergraduate and postgraduate taught programmes (PDF document, 91KB).

Contact details

Department
Department of Physics & Astronomy
Telephone
44+ (0)161 529 4799
Email
Website
http://www.physics.manchester.ac.uk
School/Faculty

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